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Another Winner of a Crock Pot Recipe

We were having the family over for dinner on Thursday, and, it being a work day, figured weíd better have something that could cook while we were at work. We found the perfect contender, and, Iíd say, a new addition to the Sour Cherry Farm repertoire: Chicken With Cinnamon and Dates.

Pizza and a Fire on Wednesday Night

Saturdee Suppa on the Farm ó With Truffles!

A cooking demo I did with a local chef earlier in the week left me holding the bag ó literally ó on a truffle he couldnít take back to the restaurant. (Something about health code violations.... he would have had to throw it away.) Oh poor me. I decided the only sensible thing to do would be to make truffle risotto. Oh, and a roast chicken. And drink a nice pinot noir.

Fun at Mima in Irvington

XIN NIAN KWAI LE! (Happy New Year!)

Tonite begins the Year of the Rat, and I was lucky to be invited by our friends Beaver and Gemma to join them for a celebratory dinner at Cafe Sambal - probably the best Malaysian restaurant in Beijing (it was given a big mention by The New York Times in December in a travel article about the city 36 HOURS IN BEIJING). Beaver and Gemma know the owners of the restaurant, so we were part of a private dinner prepared in part by the owners, and in part by their local Chinese chefs.

Everything was great, but the first dish was my favorite. It was a traditional Malaysian New Year's dish. Besides being meant to bring you good luck, the theme of the dish was community...

FAT TUESDAY FASTNAUCHTS

Living far from home tends to bring out your nostalgic impulses. Since today is Shrove Tuesday (more commonly known as "Fat Tuesday") I decided to bring a taste of my childhood to Beijing, and made Fastnauchts this morning.

My mom used to make these for my brothers and I when we were kids. She would only make them on Shrove Tuesday - according to her "legend" has it that they will only rise properly today. I remember she would get up really early in the morning to make the donuts so that we could have them for breakfast before we went to school. The whole house would be wrapped in a warm, yummy, yeasty smell those cold Shrove Tuesday mornings, which made getting out of bed something to look forward to.